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  1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-second session (24 to 28 May 1993), approved Recommendations on harmonized interpretation and implementation of the International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972, (CSC/Circ.100).

  2 The Committee, at its seventy-fifth session (15 to 24 May 2002), agreed that information on the implementation of the requirements for material characteristics of the CSC Safety Plates should be circulated to all Contracting Parties to the CSC Convention (CSC/Circ.123).

  3 The Committee, at its seventy-fifth session (15 to 24 May 2002), approved CSC/Circ.124 on Amendments to the harmonized interpretation and implementation of the International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972, (CSC/Circ.100).

  4 The Committee, at its eightieth session (11 to 20 May 2005), recognizing the need for guidance to the officer exercising control under the provisions of article VI of the International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972, as amended, approved the Guidance on serious structural deficiencies in containers (CSC/Circ.134).

  5 The Committee, at its eighty-sixth session (27 May to 5 June 2009), approved CSC.1/Circ.137 on Amendments to the Guidance on serious structural deficiencies in containers (CSC/Circ.134).

  6 The Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers, at its fourteenth session (21 to 25 September 2009), reviewed the aforementioned circulars, in order to remove ambiguities on the maintenance and examination, and control requirements for containers, and prepared a consolidated document.

  7 The Committee, at its eighty-seventh session (12 to 21 May 2010), after having considered the above proposal by the Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers, at its fourteenth session, approved the Revised Recommendations on harmonized interpretation and implementation of the International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972, as amended (CSC.1/Circ.138), which superseded CSC/Circ.100, CSC/Circ.123, CSC/Circ.124, CSC/Circ.134 and CSC.1/Circ.137.

  8 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-second session (12 to 21 June 2013), having considered the proposal by the Sub-Committee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers, at its seventeenth session, agreed to the amendments to the Revised Recommendations (CSC.1/Circ.138) and approved the Revised Recommendations on harmonized interpretation and implementation of the International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972, as amended, as set out in the annex.

  9 Contracting Parties to the International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972, are invited to bring these Revised Recommendations to the attention of all parties concerned.

Parent topic: CSC.1/Circ.138/Rev.1 – Revised Recommendations on Harmonized Interpretation and Implementation of the International Convention for Safe Containers, 1972, as Amended – (5 August 2013)
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